M. V. Jayarajan (born 24 May 1960) is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist )Kerala State Committee and secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist )Kannur District Committee.
Personal life
He was born to V. K. Kumaran and M. V. Devaki on 24 May 1960. He is a graduate and has an
LLB
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. He married K. Leena and has two sons.
Political career
He held the positions of all India joint secretary and state secretary of
DYFI
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, the youth wing of
CPI(M)
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, during his youth.
He was elected to the
Kerala Legislative Assembly
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in 1996 and 2001 from Edakkad constituency in
Kannur District
Kannur () is one of the 14 Districts of Kerala, districts along the west coast in the state of Kerala, India. The city of Kannur is the district headquarters and gives the district its name. The old name, Cannanore, is the anglicized form of th ...
. He is also known for serving as the private secretary of the
Chief minister of Kerala
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Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who has served as the List of chief ministers of Kerala, Chief Minister of Kerala since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), politburo ...
for a few years, in one of the rare instances in which a high-profile leader has served in that post. M.V. Jayarajan quit the position as Chief Minister's Private Secretary in 2019, when he was elected as the district secretary of Kannur for CPI(M) to replace
P. Jayarajan.
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